Pawnee Furniture store robbed Saturday

Shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, Pawnee Furniture was robbed by a 30-year-old man who walked into the store and pointed a handgun at the 78-year-old owner.

The robber also knocked down a 52-year-old employee who was standing near the office desk, according to Sgt. Roger Rundt, spokesman with the Wichita Police Department. The store is in the 1500 block of East Pawnee.

The store owner told police the robber then took cash, ran out of the store and jumped into an aqua blue or teal-colored sedan and drove away.

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